Edouard Philippe split from a criticism of the European Union on Wednesday. Asked in the Assembly, the Prime Minister said that Europe had not "been up to the crisis" of the coronavirus. The head of government however welcomed the Franco-German stimulus plan presented Monday, "very ambitious".
"We can probably say with a bit of hindsight that the European Union has done nothing and has been useful," said the Prime Minister during the questioning of the government in the Senate. "But has it really been up to this crisis?" I don't think so, ”he added, responding to Hervé Marseille, president of the senators of the Centrist Union.
"I say it with great pleasure, Germany has moved"
However, Edouard Philippe welcomed the "very ambitious plan to allow the financing of a recovery" to the tune of 500 billion euros, proposed Monday by Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel. "Very often, when the European crisis is there, it is in the ability of France and Germany to get along and to lead that the solution is found," he argued.
“There was no precedent for this type of announcement. Why ? Because, and I say it with great pleasure, Germany has moved, ”said Edouard Philippe again, before praising the role of France in this development. "I do not exclude (...) that Germany has moved because France itself has moved," he commented.
According to the Prime Minister, Germany "saw that France, by attacking structural reforms, which sometimes had been mentioned but not carried out, actually wanted to prepare the future seriously". "This is the only reason I identify to be able to operate this Franco-German engine again, which we all know is essential for restarting Europe," he said.
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